1800 French constitutional referendum

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A referendum ratifying the

Napoleon Bonaparte, were 99.9% in favor of the new constitution, with 53.74% of voters abstaining. However, evidence brought to light by the French historian Claude Langlois in 1972 demonstrated conclusively that Lucien massaged the votes in favor of the constitution, adding up to 20,000 'yes' votes in individual localities, and that there were therefore only some 1,550,000 actual votes for the change.[1][2]

Results

French voters approved the French Constitution of 1800 with an official result of 99.94%.

1800 French Constitutional Referendum
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 3,011,007 99.94
No 1,562 0.06
Total votes 3,012,569 100.00
Source: [1][3]
1800 French Constitutional Referendum results (excluding invalid votes)
Yes
3,011,007 (99.9%)

50%


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